1. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Internationally Developed Data Analysis and Management Software package IDAMS 2004

2. 2 Short history In the beginning there was IDAMS for IBM mainframe computers Early seventies – OSIRIS III.2 at ISR, University of Michigan, USA 1985 – extended OSIRIS III.2 at UNESCO 1987 – test version of IDAMS 1988 – the first release (1.2) of IDAMS 1990 – release 2.0 1992 – release 3.0, User Manual in English, French, Spanish

3. 3 Short history In parallel, there was IDAMS for micro computers under MS-DOS 1989 – the first release (1.0) of IDAMS for PC 1990 – release 2.0 1992 – release 3.0

4. 4 Short history Independent life of IDAMS for micro computers under MS-DOS 1993 – release 3.02 1994 – release 3.04 1996 – release 4.0 (last release for DOS) 1998 – release 4.0 in French and Spanish

5. 5 Short history With IDAMS towards Year 2000, and thus to Windows operating system 2000 – test version of the first release for 32-bit Windows operating system (WinIDAMS) 2001 – release 1.0 of WinIDAMS in English 2002 – release 1.1 in English, French and Spanish 2004 – release 1.2 in English, French and Spanish

6. 6 International co-operation The software has been and is continuously being enriched, modified and updated by the UNESCO Secretariat with the co-operation of experts from different countries namely American, Belgian, British, Colombian, French, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Tunisian and Ukrainian specialists. IDAMS is an international project

7. 7 ITAG Since the beginning, IDAMS project has always been developed with the help of specialists in statistics and informatics from different regions of the world. The main activity of this group consists of evaluating the project, and particularly the software development and dissemination, and of recommending further activities. International Technical Advisory Group